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Name of Caliber replacement

9K views 24 replies 9 participants last post by  Aleks 
#1 · (Edited)
Listed a palette to choose from. It has already been selected and Chrysler does not listen to the Mopar nation, but just for fun voice your opinion.

If you have another just post, Ford does not count.

Possibilities include Caliber or Giuletta ( americanized Joliet ?) but these were not options.
 
#2 · (Edited)
No interest ?

Dodge Stinger suggestion for smaller MiTO

Dodge Hyundais continuing in Mexico
 
#7 · (Edited)
#6 ·
HA - I included Volare for the Italian Connection
 
#8 ·
Likely to be a heritage name for the Dodge connection so is SHADOW also in the running ?
 
#9 ·
Possibilities include Caliber or Giuletta ( americanized Joliet ?) but these were not options.
HA - I included Volare for the Italian Connection
Likely to be a heritage name for the Dodge connection so is SHADOW also in the running ?
Didn't see this coming ...

Internationally there will be a hatchback to accompany the N American sedan so ...

FIAT / DODGE caliber !!!!!
 
#11 ·
So the decision before is being reconsidered ?

Good way of keeping the 'new' name under wraps, no wonder none could confirm it.
 
#16 ·
According to Allpar.com, the latest rumor is that the Caliber name will be retained.
The first of the new cars is reportedly the Dodge, to be available with a choice of Fiat 1.4, Chrysler 2.0, and Chrysler 2.4 engines. It will be sold with a choice of manual or automatic (both six speeds), or Fiat's dual clutch automatic. It’s due to start production in January 2012 or so and will be followed by the Chrysler. So far, there’s no final word on names, with rumor suggesting Caliber will be retained.

http://www.allpar.com/model/upcoming.html
 
#17 · (Edited)
For FIAT's global marketing rights there is a licensing issue with reused names that are not exclusive like Hornet, Viper, Dart

HORNET:

The Wolseley Hornet was a lightweight saloon car produced by the Wolseley Motor Company from 1930 to 1936. The manufacturer had been acquired by Morris in 1927 and the Wolseley Hornet of 1930 was in effect a 2-door Morris Minor saloon fitted with a small six cylinder engine in place of the four cylinder unit that was normal for this size of car.


Later revived on the lengthened Mini variant (1961-1969) :
the structural modifications to the Mini were all aft of the B-pillar, where a saloon-type boot was added. (sedan style trunk).




1984 2WD off-road buggy The Hornet is one of Tamiya's most popular R/C cars ever released, helping launch a 2WD R/C buggy boom worldwide.


VIPER :
Speaking at the 2004 Detroit Motor Show, where Dodge's launch in Europe was announced, Chrysler UK boss Simon Elliott said: "We'll market the car as the Dodge SRT-10. Everyone knows it's a Viper and for the 30 LHD examples a year we'll sell, it's not worth spending the money to try to buy the name."

Bob Busbridge from Morden, Surrey builds an AC Cobra lookalike called the Cobretti Viper. He sold only 45 complete cars and 200 self-assembly kits in nearly 20 years of business but doesn't own the Viper name, either. He's been involved in a 12-year legal battle with another man - Kenneth Cook from Bournemouth, Dorset - about who registered it first with the UK Patent Office.

Kenneth Cook from Bournemouth, Dorset has a company, Brightwheel Replicas Ltd, that also sold a kit car called the Viper and he thinks the trademark is his.


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DART:
The Daimler Dart was a sports car built by British manufacturer Daimler in Coventry.
The car was described as a 2+2, but the bench-like rear seat offered very limited leg room unless the front seats were pushed fully forward. Thirty black Daimler Darts with the Borg-Warner Model 8 3-speed automatic were used by the British Metropolitan Police.



The only completely South African car is the GSM Dart. The Dart was also manufactured at West Malling, Kent, England by GSM Cars where it was known as the GSM Delta because Daimler had an English sports car called the Dart.
Glassport Motor Company (GSM) was a South African motor manufacturer based in Cape Town between 1958 and 1964. The name Glass Sport Motors is due to their use of fiberglass. GSM narrowly missed being South Africas first sports car maker, beaten by the GRP Protea. In Dec. 1961 the Flamingo was announced. Although it was a G.T. car it essentially followed the design of the Dart. G.S.M. was later taken over by the Midmacor company. The Dart and the Flamingo were never produced in large numbers, and production ceased in 1965, owing to limited local demand. According to the GSM club, a total of 122 Darts and 144 Flamingos were built, as well as 76 Deltas in England, between 1957 and 1965. Over 145 Darts and Flamingos still exist, a remarkable percentage of cars that still survive.



In the 1980s a series of accurate replicas known as Levy Darts were built by Jeff Levy with involvement from one of the original trio, Verster de Wit.
In the 1990s a visually similar mechanically different replica in the form of the Hayden Dart was manufactured.

Replica of GSM Dart made by Hayden.
 
#18 ·
Hornet is officially out and denied by Dodge.

Still in the running

The most likely options are Dodge Caliber, Dodge Duster, and even Dodge Dart.
 
#19 · (Edited)
Seems as if they don't have an actual name just yet, and possibly not even a car to show.

http://www.allpar.com/news/index.php/2011/12/dodge-pf-to-be-named-tomorrow

Based on the above article - this new car spells bad news for the Fiat 500.
It's only a few thousand more, has four useable seats and some sort of a trunk.

I think they will build enough Calibers to supply a complete 2012 model year, the new car probably won't really show up until the third quarter of 2012.

Plus they are dealing with the Fiat 500 Fiasco - This mess, I'm sure is keeping a lot of people up at night. The car that was going to take America by storm seems to fizzling out big time. Big bucks invested - no bucks returned.
 
#20 ·
I didn't see the 500 being a big success in the US. Its too small.

There will apparently be a name and exterior teasers shown tomorrow, and interior teasers shown next week.
 
#24 ·
Some late voters coming on here, but congratulations to our original inside correct vote.

Hornet may be revived on a limited Dart like Super-Bee.
 
#25 ·
Ralph Giles was on Autoline tonight and confirmed that the alternate name would have been ARIA.
 
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